Amanda Knox Quotes

Amanda Knox is an American writer and activist. She gained international attention when she was wrongfully convicted and later acquitted of murder in Italy. Since her exoneration, Knox has become an advocate for criminal justice reform and wrongful conviction awareness. She has shared her experiences through her writing and public speaking engagements. Knox's resilience and advocacy work have made her a prominent figure in the fight for justice.

I have a few close friends with whom I can practice speaking Italian, but I mostly maintain fluency through reading.

I think the fact that my case was so sensationaliz... -Amanda Knox

I think the fact that my case was so sensationalized is because I am a white woman.

Now I have normal-person fears - fears of failure, of not being smart enough or strong enough or kind enough.

I think it's true that people seemed to have had a kind of tunnel vision in my regard, and that has been something that I've been having to fight against for a long time.

There are those who believe in my innocence and those who believe in my guilt. There is no in-between.

No one knows how they would react to a horrible si... -Amanda Knox

No one knows how they would react to a horrible situation until it happens to them.

I didn't confess. I was interrogated. They acted like my answers were wrong. They told me I was wrong, that I didn't remember correctly, that I had to remember correctly. And if I didn't, I would never see my family.

I am living in this world, and if this world already has a certain prejudice of me and an idea of me, then it's really hard for me to go through it.

All wrongfully convicted people are portrayed as monsters. But there's a special kind of monster that is a woman.

The best thing #MeToo did was say women's experiences matter. You can't blame us for what happens to us anymore.

When we label human beings and flatten them to just a splashy headline, we lose decency and the truth.

I was told that my best-case scenario would likely consist of writing my memoir and then disappearing.

I was not aware of a ton of the stuff that was being said about me out in the world since I wasn't able to get British or American headlines from my prison cell in Perugia. But I was aware that in the courtroom, I was being called a succubus, a man-eater, 'Foxy Knoxy.'

I'm working on getting tougher with self-defence c... -Amanda Knox

I'm working on getting tougher with self-defence classes.

I'm very anti-antidepressants. It's not the chemicals of my brain that's a problem; it's reality. I don't think tricking my brain into reinterpreting reality is going to help.

People can take, take, take from you. There are people whose profession is to do that. It's entertainment at the cost of human lives.

To be quite honest, the joyful relief of the publi... -Amanda Knox

To be quite honest, the joyful relief of the publication of my book was short-lived.

Politics is not a tit-for-tat game. It's not 'I he... -Amanda Knox

Politics is not a tit-for-tat game. It's not 'I helped you, now you help me.'

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The quote emphasizes that politics should not be reduced to a transactional exchange of favors or reciprocal actions, highlighting the need for a more principled approach.